Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 20, 2011

Like your eggs, margueritem…

Do we have to pay extra for color?

Thank you, VB!

Lewreader, I will gladly come to your house and bring several dozen eggs.

Maybe so, Calvin, but there’s something screwy going on up there.

Aside from Mom’s concern about doing that in the house, it’s a good way to ruin a bat too.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠!

OK, now go to your bedroom and think about it. Best regards from Brazil.

You need to write a book of excuses, Calvin!

G’Morning, Grog, Mike & Marg!

Yes, beautiful looking eggs, Marg.

Looks like Calvin decided to make the most of his life before he hit the end crack in the sidewalk.

comicgos: I’m pretty sure Calvin and Hobbes weekday strips have never been in color.

That may qualify as the most senseless thing I’ve ever seen Calvin do.

I wonder if it would be better to use those rocks for Susie?

Insanity. You inherit it from your kids.

Marg, when you are the Easter Rabbit, than bring eggs to me too, please!

Guess it’s time out for Calvin. Poor Mom she must hate to get up in the morning.

Child is an unlucky person!

MARG Mom had us blow and paint eggs as a child. Every year more egg cartons were stored after the holiday. As our skill grew, we would half open the eggs, paint a sky blue background, and have Bugs Bunny floating in cotton fluff with a halo to teach us the true meaning of Easter. Thanks for the genetic material Mom.

Glad I got to see the egg before it gets taken down. They are apparently offensive to GC. Of course if you could change your avatar, it would be a moot point, yes?

Marg, Your eggs are fantastic. My wife has a collection of Russian eggs that don’t look as good as yours.

Keep them coming and don’t listen to the PC neigh sayers.

Let me guess- Calvin is using rocks from between his two ears, right?

Keep this up Calvin and mom’s expression is going to permanently seize up into one of the look’s of surprise, anger or disgust she is displaying in the first three panels.

Whose idea was it to buy Calvin a bat, anyway. I mean he’s really not the Little League type.

Well it’s all from Dad’s side…

It’s no wonder Mom is screaming. All her eyelashes are in her eyes!

Horrible idea.

Looks like our hero is holding his butt, for some reason!

Sounds like something I might have said when I was younger… glad we never had that convo, because unlike Calvin, I would be holding my butt… because it would have been tanned!!!

Mutant genes….

Calvin bad choice using a bat in the house. Wasn’t there a detective show were an actor used a bat for justice? I can’t remember name of that show.

What is happening to Marg’s beautiful eggs? Where does she get pictures of them.?

Hitting rocks INSIDE house? My butt would have been the least of my worries! Why, Calvin? Why?

@LeslieAnn, I too suffered the belts and switches of outraged parents, but I really think Calvin has his hands in his pockets. I was never so calm afterwards…

Thats the lames excuse yet for rotten behaviour

Sure–blame the parents (including Mom, who is interrogating you) for the problem. A sure-fire way to win her sympathy.

♥Kab♥ Buch said, “Wasn’t there a detective show were an actor used a bat for justice? I can’t remember name of that show.”

Might have been the TV show based on the Movie “Walking Tall,” if there was a TV show. Spent most of that time overseas. And Buford Pusser (I believe) actually used a large piece of thick lumber (just like my old man would have used on me if I had pulled that Calvin stunt!) (I don’t know whether to laugh or cry about what didn’t happen!)

BAD all the way around, Calvin.

Anyone else follow the RSS feed? Are you getting a glitch where there are hundreds of reposts of the last few days? Or is it just me?

@HyperShock, you’re not the only one with the issue. Happening for all of the RSS feeds from this site for the last few days.

Eggs are gone 12:35pm Central. How could anyone find them offensive and have them removed????

Which side provided the bad genes?

The ones who remove the eggs must be the horses asses who are the neigh sayers.

It does seem unlikely his dull as dishwater parents would spawn such a little demon…

Calvin = old enough to know better, but still too young to care…besides, it’s easier to retrieve the rock so you can hit it again without being exposed to the outdoors. My mother wouldn’t even let us sit in the furniture in the living room because the pillows in the couch wouldn’t be properly fluffed up. If we had done anything like Calvin had just done, I wouldn’t be alive now to write this comment…

@Mythreesons, it may be that they are concerned about the extra data involved, or if everyone would start posting pics.

I suspect the eggs disappear because of copyright concerns. But the conversation about them got me interested in pysanky. A google search will lead you to wome beautiful pics and you can buy if you’re so inclined.

The last couple of days, all of Marg’s pretty Easter eggs were gone by the time I got here. I wonder why?

:-(

Why are Marg’s beautiful eggs gone before I get a chance to see them? I only got to see the first one.

Poor mom! It’s really unfortunate that she’s probably going to die at a very young age of a heart-attack or stroke thanks to Calvin and all his mischievous, I-really-do-know-better-but-I-just-don’t-give-a-crap shenanigans!!!!! {sigh}

margueritem,

Here is a quote from my sister’s e-mail answer to the one I sent here with the egg picture.

“Thank you for the really beautiful Easter egg. ”

Boy, Calvin’s mom is really torqued off!

Is he holding his butt, or are his hands in his pockets because he can’t figure out why it was the wrong answer. It sounded like a good answer to me

I love eggs ,how do they show up this time of year ? on a Calvin Hobbes comic I bet I get Hate mail.

They’re not rocks.

They’re not eggs.

They’re huevos. Just call them what they are. Huevos.

Everything will be fine.

Wave - O’s

Say it

I tried that answer with my mom when I was throwing snowballs at the windows outside. Bad idea.

What’s with removing some colored eggs – wish I’d gotten to see them before the egg police zapped them.